“Power Hungry.” Sierra magazine. Sept/Oct 2017.
MICHAEL TANNAHILL HAS TWO PROBLEMS that are inseparable, each aggravating the other. One, he has a lung disease that makes it hard for him to breathe. Two, he has this electric bill. …
“Escape From Little Book Cliffs.” Colorado Life magazine. July/August 2017.
FROM THEIR RESPECTIVE HOUSES seven miles apart, Beckie Diehl calls John Boughton, or John calls Beckie, at least every day. “Guess what happened to Gunner,” Beckie says.
“No To Your 21-Lane Highway.” Sierra online. 8 Dec 2016.
“YOU KNOW WHEN you go into any other part of Denver and you tell someone you live in Elyria or Swansea, they’re like, ‘Where’s that?’” …
“30 Top Thinkers Under 30.” Pacific Standard. Series of 20 profiles. March/April 2016.
SEAN DICKSON FIRST EXPERIENCED what he calls “the uneven quality of the American health-care system” when he was seven years old and newly diagnosed with a brain tumor. …
“Emma Ford’s Falconry Glove.” Sierra magazine. March/April 2016.
“WATCHING A YOUNG HAWK’S first kill is a magical moment.” …
“Enough is Enough.” Sierra magazine. May/June 2015.
IT’S SUNRISE ON THE LORD’S DAY, and 30 miles south of New Orleans, in St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church, a choir is singing Zion songs to His holy and righteous name loud enough to muffle the humming of the nearby grain elevator and the passing tank trucks and the egrets that call ah-dub-blub-blub-blub as if they’re gargling saltwater. …
“Fractured.” Sierra magazine. January/February 2014.
MOST RESIDENTS WON’T OPEN their doors for a stranger, and of those who do, all but one refuse to tell me whether they’ve heard about the 67 oil and gas wells slated to go in across the street. …
“Make Light.” Sierra magazine. Sept/Oct 2012.
THE TWO WOMEN FROM BENIN take their tea in quart-size, pink plastic pails originally intended for bathing, and they each stir in three tablespoons of sugar. …
“Seeking Higher Ground.” Sierra magazine. Nov/Dec 2011.
WHEN THE SEVEN VETERANS gather around a hardwood table to reflect on their first day of camp, only Margaux Vair does not speak. The 26-year-old retired military police sergeant scrunches her eyebrows as she listens to the others. Curiously, her forehead does not likewise furrow—a side effect of an experimental Botox treatment that was expected to relax her damaged nerves but didn’t. …
“My Life as a Diver.” Sierra magazine. Sept/Oct 2011.
THERE WAS A YELLOW CEREAL BOX that Dad brought home when I was four.. …